Books Blog : mysteries, Agatha Christiehttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/mysteries/Agatha+Christie/default.aspxTags: mysteries, Agatha ChristieenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)The Secret Adversary by Dame Agatha Christiehttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/12/26/the-secret-adversary-by-dame-agatha-christie.aspxSat, 26 Dec 2009 19:09:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1990HRevvdon@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1990http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/12/26/the-secret-adversary-by-dame-agatha-christie.aspx#comments<p><img height="300" width="185" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0451201205" style="float:left;" alt="" /><img height="293" width="200" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1569385912" style="float:right;" alt="" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">Agatha Christie&rsquo;s young upper-class detectives Tommy and Tuppence are often overshadowed by her better known detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Tommy and Tuppence are totally different than either.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>They are young and fun and out for adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;"><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/achristie/achristie/1%2C44%2C352%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=achristie+agatha+1890+1976&amp;226%2C%2C267">The Secret Adversary</a></i></b> (1922) is the book that introduces Tommy and Tuppence to Christie&rsquo;s readers. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp;</span>The two are childhood friends that meet again at the end of World War I and decide to become adventurers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>They are trying to recapture some of the sense of life from their wartime days.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Soon they become involved in a complicated quest to retrieve secret diplomatic papers that first are &ldquo;lost&rdquo; at the sinking of the Lusitania.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>Now, post-war, the papers are sought by villains to undermine the current government.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>This quick and easy read is full of international intrigue, secret treaties, disguises, blackmail, amnesia, an American millionaire, and fun!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;">Tommy and Tuppence are both charming and innocent in their endeavors.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>During the course of their adventure, the two realize they are more than friends and in subsequent books marry.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal;">The Secret Adversary</i></b> is Christie&rsquo;s second book; it is a good strong representation of the wonderful style she develops to near perfection.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">&nbsp; </span>I love the dedication in this book: </span><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;mso-ansi-language:EN;">&quot;To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure.&quot;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;mso-ansi-language:EN;">You can also check out the dvds of Tommy and Tuppences adventures at EVPL:&nbsp; <a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/achristie/achristie/1%2C44%2C352%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=achristie+agatha+1890+1976&amp;19%2C%2C267">http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/achristie/achristie/1%2C44%2C352%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=achristie+agatha+1890+1976&amp;19%2C%2C267</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/achristie/achristie/1%2C44%2C352%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=achristie+agatha+1890+1976&amp;20%2C%2C267">http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/achristie/achristie/1%2C44%2C352%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=achristie+agatha+1890+1976&amp;20%2C%2C267</a>.</span><span style="font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;font-size:12pt;"></span></p>
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